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• Director 
• Select Agent Alternate Responsible Official

• Assistant Director

• Administrative Services Manager

• Biological Safety Program Management
• Potential exposure to biological agents
• Select Agent Responsible Official
• Stem Cells

• Biosafety Cabinet Program
• CDC/USDA Permits
• Select Agent Alternate Responsible Official
• Shipping Infectious Substances

• New PI Orientation
• rDNA (Recombinant DNA Program) 

• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Protocol Congruency Review
• Biosafety Cabinet Program

• Chemical Safety Program Management
• Chemical Spill Advice
• COI/DHS Chemical Inventory
• Controlled Substance in Research
• Emergency Preparedness
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Labs

• Chemical Inventory
• Fume Hoods

• Emergency Response - Right to Know
• FM Chemical Inventory
• Tier II
• Controlled Substances Disposal

• Chemical Inventory
• Fume Hoods
• Safety Data Sheets

• Chemicals of Interest Reporting
• Respirator Fit Testing
• Lab Close-Out

Evgenia Borisenko, 319-467-1007
Rachelle Justice, 319-353-4692
John Silka, 319-335-8031​
Sarah Hogren, 319-467-1457
Elliot Kelley, 319-467-1305
Thomas James, 319-467-4403

• SAT Field Safety Advisors

• Team Leaders

• Occupational Safety Program Management
• Confined Space Program
• Electrical Safety
• Employee Exposure Records
• Fall Protection
• Forklifts
• Hazards Communication
• Injury Program
• Job Safety Analysis
• Ladder Safety
• Lockout / Tagout Program
• Machine Guarding
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Non-Lab
• Tools
• Walking and Working Surfaces
• Welding & Cutting

• Chemical Sampling
• Employee Exposure Records
• Hearing Conservation
• Heat Stress
• Indoor Air Quality
• Respirator Evaluations
• Beryllium Safety
• Hexavalent Chromium
• Silica Exposure Control

Chris Newville, COSS, 319-467-3193
Occupational Safety Compliance Specialist,
Division of Student Life

• Safety Assessments and Inspections
• Incident Investigations and Corrective Actions Follow-up
• Regulatory Compliance
• Safety Training Compliance
• Emergency Preparation

• Incident Investigations
• Non-Lab Safety Reviews
• Local Exhaust Ventilation Testing
• Noise Monitoring

Other Occupational Safety Support

• Marcus Seaton, University Ergonomics Program - 319-384-0959
• Norma Miller, UIHC Occupational Safety Manager - 319-356-8502

• Radiation Safety Program Management
• Committee's MRPC / BSRPC / HRSRG 
• Increased Controls Program

• Shielding Evaluations
• Human-Use, CT / Mammo Physics Surveys
• Non-Ionizing Radiation (i.e. microwaves, magnetic fields, power supplies, etc.)

• Radiation Safety Program Management - VAMC
• UI RAM Use Authorization
• Pregnancy Declaration
• Animal Use Protocol review

• Radiation Safety Dosimeters
• Radiation Safety Committee Administration 

• UI X-ray surveys
• UI Laboratory Use
• UI Laser Safety Program/Laser Safety Officer
• Sealed Source / Generally Licensed Source Program
• Radioactive Materials Patient Monitoring 
• Radiation Safety Dosimeter Program Manager
• UIHC Audits

• Instrument Calibration
• Sealed Source Surveys
• Radiation Safety Surveys
• RAM Shipments
• UI Laser Surveys

• Radioactive Materials Orders
• Instrument Calibration
• Bioassay Program
• Radiation Materials Patient Monitoring

Julie Jacobs, 319-335-2210
Radiation Safety Coordinator

• Radiation and Laser Safety Surveys
• Lab Audits
• Instrument Calibration
• Sealed Source Surveys

Waste / Environmental Program

• Environmental / Waste Program Management

• Chemical Waste Disposal
• Waste Program Management

• Waste Label Request

• Radioactive & Biological Waste

• Chemical Waste Disposal

• Chemical Waste Disposal